19 November 1999

Well, Elder Millington and I had our first quarrel.  Kind of interesting how it was sparked.  We just finished teaching Leo Zeta the fifth discussion, and we set the appointment for the sixth discussion at 8:00 Monday evening.  On the walk home, Elder Millington asked what else we were going to do for our three hours of work on P-Day.  "Hopefully, we'll be able to make an appointment around 6:00," I said.  Then he suggested (at least it was a suggestion and not a command; I'll give him credit for that) that we work two hours in the morning, and then have the 8:00 appointment.  We did something similar to that last last P-Day.

"No," I said.  "I don't like doing that.  It cuts into your P-Day."

"Well, so what?" he said.  "I'm here to work my butt off" (a line of his that I've become quite familiar with) "and if that means working through P-Day, so be it."

"P-Days are sacred, Elder," I said.  This was awarded with his "Oh, please, you're such a slacker" look.  "We need our day of rest," I explained.  "It's the only chance we have during the week."

"We have plenty of rest," he countered.  "I have from now until 9:30 tomorrow morning."

"Fine," I said.  "You work on P-Day, and I'll sit around on my fat butt being lazy."  I almost said "fat ass."  That would've knocked his socks off.  Basta (multi use word, in this case meaning something like "anyway"), it was this statement (and the attitude I said it with) that raised the intensity and volume of the argument.  Basically, Elder Millington's side of the rest of the discussion was "I'm such a diligent worker that I don't need a day of rest, and I wish everyone would measure up to my standards."  That wasn't a direct quote.  This is, though: "I've seldom met anyone who can keep up with me."  Is the big head a result of the rod up his ass, or vice versa?  My side of the argument was basically: "Get off my back, I like P-Day, stop calling me lazy, you aren't senior companion."  I was quite upset.  Millington seemed upset, too.  It was a long time coming.  I think we both needed to blow off some steam.  It didn't help that today sucked.